Samsung phone camera retro format5/18/2023 ![]() Nikon's camera interface and the use of an old version of the Android OS didn't help things, either, making it already feel dated. ![]() The other Android camera currently available, Nikon's Coolpix S800c, feels a lot like an inexpensive point-and-shoot with an old smartphone slapped on the back. It can certainly act as a media player and does just about everything a smartphone can outside of making phone calls. And while I occasionally experienced brief freezes while flipping through my photos, it was nothing like the slowdowns and stalls of the Nikon Coolpix S800c. The 1.4GHz quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM kept everything relatively zippy. One thing that's cool, though, is that there's a headphone jack on the right side that can also be used with a microphone.Īs for the device's overall performance, it's nice and fast. ![]() Also, the mic is right next to the shutter release, so it picks up any finger movement or snapping of the zoom lever. The zoom does work while recording movies, but it was a bit jerky when moving in and out. However, like its photos, video does get softer and noisier the less light you have. Video quality is very good and the optical image stabilization is certainly nice to have if you're tired of the shaky clips from your smartphone. Basically, if you're considering this for its online-sharing capabilities and don't typically make large prints above 8x10s, regularly enlarge and heavily crop pictures, or view them at large sizes on screen, it's a fine choice and you will do better than using a smartphone. On the other hand, the f2.8 lens and the back-illuminated CMOS sensor keep the camera from immediately ratcheting up ISO, so you can take low-light photos (at least at the wide end of the lens) with better results than with some competing models. ![]()
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